Why Would I Be Asked On An Application Form If I Used To Get Free Meals At School?

[Treacle71]

And my answer is yes, btw.

[Redhelen72]

I have noticed that more and more applications are interested in what your parents did and to what status they achieved.

 

[Old_Geezer]

Surely your answer should be, "Mind your own business" ?

[naomi24]

To assess your social 'class' ... even though you may have shifted considerably since childhood?  Highly intrusive I'd say.  

[newmodarmy]

It's similar to asking about gender and ethnicity- so they can try to meet/move towards unofficial targets on inclusivity.

It's not a great measure though- I got free school meals in the 1970s but at the time it was because I had so many siblings- we were actually a reasonably well off family (parents had been to grammar school) and it was a high achieving grammar school so I wasn't deprived at all

[Treacle71]

Thank you all xx